Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the disquiet and discord about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in the casino are still intense – 60 yrs after slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The classic rule is that the superior slots were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be tempted to come into the casino … play. Our interpretation is that this is no longer true.
Many of the big name casinos presently are mammoth complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games close to any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly though, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
What casinos found over the years is that people walking down the busy aisles were frequently on the way to somewhere else. If they played the slots at all, they would simply put in their loose change because they happened to be walking by. Win or lose, they would very often not stop to keep playing. And the last thing a casino wants is for someone to win a jackpot by playing only a few coins and then not stay to put it all back in!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.
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